July 15th Black Hills South Dakota

Today, July 15th we pulled into the Rafter J Bar Ranch CG south of Hill City, SD. We took US-16 from the Devils Tower area and cut across country to come into the CG from Custer in the south. The trip was a pain because of road construction in several areas that held us up for maybe fifteen minutes each time. Not a major problem, but you hate to sit still when you could be traveling. Did OK until we came to the Hell's Canyon area. The road went down into the canyon via a series of sharp switchbacks then back up the other side using more switchbacks. Twenty MPH most of the time watching front for the road, ahead for oncoming cars/trucks, and behind to see how the wheels on the trailer were tracking. We made it. If you are up for an adrenaline kick, I recommend this section of US-16, otherwise just take I-90 to Rapid City and come south. This post is late because the WiFi at the CG was too limited to be of use, so we were not able to keep up with the Blog until arriving in Mitchell, SD on the 22nd. Sorry.